Bathtub



Aug. 13, 1935. B. LJMCMILLAN BATHTUB Filed March 23, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheetl B .L M Millan Byz Attorney struction, inexpensive to incorporate inthe manu- Patented Aug. 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE I BATHTUB BenLamont MclVIillan, Los Angeles, Calif.

Application March 23, 1935, Serial No. 12,712

1 Claim. (01. 4-173) The present invention relates to a bath tub and hasfor its primeobject to provide means for filling the bath tub with waterin such a manner as to eliminate noise, and splashing;

Another important object of the invention resides in the provision of abath tub having the improved water intake which is simple in itsconfacture of a bath tub, thoroughly efficient and reliable in use, andotherwise well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed.

With the above and numerous other objects in view as will appear as thedescription proceeds,

through the tub taken substantially on the line 33 of Figurel.

Figure 4 is a vertical transverse section through the tub takensubstantially on the line 44 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawings in detail, it will be seen that the letter Tdenotes generally a tub mostly of conventional form. My improvement isconfined particularly to the rear wall 5 thereof. On the exterior and.at the bottom of the rear wall 5 there is provided a chamber 6preferably formed integrally with the tub and having at its bottom anopening 1 leading into the bottom of the tub. A pair of pipes 8communicate with the chamber 6 through the top thereof and rise upwardlyto valves 9 which are connected with the hot and cold water pipes [0.Controls H for the valves 9 are provided interiorly of the tub.

The purpose of this invention resides in the provision of an improvedwater intake on the common form of bath tub. Instead of having the watercome into the bath tub from a faucet at the top of the tub, my idea isto have the water come in from the chamber 6 at the back and at thebottom of the tub and through the slot or opening I. In this way, noiseof running water and of splashing thereof is eliminated as it flows intothe tub. This catch chamber also provides a mixing chamber for the hotand cold water so that the water will flow into the tub easily andwithout much commotion. When the water level 10 in the tub rises so asto cover the intake slot 1,

all noise is eliminated.

It is thought that the construction, operation, utility and advantagesof this invention will now be quite apparent to those skilled in thisart without a more detailed description thereof.

The present embodiment of the invention has been described inconsiderable detail merely for the purposes of exemplification since inactual practice, it attains the features of advantage enumerated asdesirable in the statement of the invention and the above description.

It will be apparent that changes in the details of construction, and inthe combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to withoutdeparting from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafterclaimed or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new is:

In a bath tub, a rear wall merging by a curved portion into a bottom, achamber formed exteriorly on the curved portion and having a rear wallcurving eccentrically with respect thereto so as to merge downwardlytheretoward into the 5 bottom, the chamber being provided with anopening at the bottom thereof leading into the tub, the chamberincluding an upper wall having openings, hot and cold water pipesengaged in the openings of the top wall and rising therefrom

